ASCVD |
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
ASGPRs |
Asialoglycoprotein receptors |
CKD |
Chronic kidney disease |
CRISPR |
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
CVDs |
Cardiovascular diseases |
eNOS |
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
FH |
Familial hypercholesterolemia |
GalNAc |
Triantennary N-acetylgalactosamine |
HeFH |
Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia |
HMG-CoA |
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A |
HoFH |
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia |
IMPROVE-IT |
The Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial |
LDL-C |
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
LDLR |
Low-density lipoprotein receptor |
LDLRAP |
Low-density lipoprotein receptor adaptor protein |
mAb |
Monoclonal antibody |
MMPs |
Matrix metalloproteinases |
mRNA |
Messenger ribonucleic acid |
NHEJ |
Nonhomologous end joining |
PCSK9 |
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 |
PREDIMED |
PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea |
PROCAM |
Prospective Cardiovascular Münster |
RACING |
Randomized comparison of efficacy and safety of lipid lowering with statin monotherapy versus statin–ezetimibe combination for high-risk cardiovascular disease |
SCORE2 |
Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 |
siRNA |
Small interfering ribonucleic acid |